How To?

How to register with the practice Patients who wish to register with the practice will be given a same day appointment with the nurse or health care assistant for a simple health check. The patient will be asked to complete a health questionnaire giving past medical history. Why you should join our practice:

We are committed to excellence in General practice

We deliver very high standards of access in our practice as well as high standards of continuity of care. Majority of our patients are seen within 24 hours of request.

We offer a full range of GP services along with various special clinics.

We have trained professional staff who are committed to patient care.

We encourage active engagement of our patients through our Patient Participation Group

We are near Hartlepool shopping center with easy bus routes.

How to raise your Concerns ?

Patient information leaflet :

If you have a complaint or concern about the service you have received from the doctor or any of the staff working in this practice, please let us know. We operate a practice complaints procedure as part of a NHS system for dealing with complaints. Our practice complaints system meets the new national criteria and we aim to learn from individual complaints and improve as a result.

How to complainWe hope that most problems can be sorted out easily and quickly, often at the time they arise and with the person concerned. If your problem cannot be sorted out in this way and you wish to make a complaint, we would like you to let us know as soon as possible. Ideally within a matter of days or at most a few weeks, because this will enable us to establish what has happened more easily. If it is not possible to do that, please let us have details of your complaint within 12months of an incident happening.Complaints should be addressed to the Practice Complaints Manager Sister Bates. Alternatively you may ask for an appointment with the complaints manger in order to discuss your concerns. The Complaints Manager will explain the complaints procedure to you and will make sure that your concerns are dealt with promptly. It will be a great help if you are as specific as possible about your complaint.

What we will doWe will acknowledge your complaint within three working days of receiving it and aim to have looked into your complaint within ten working days of the date when you raised it with us. We will then be in a position to offer you an explanation, or a meeting with the people involved. When we look into your complaint, we will aim to:

find out what happened and what went wrong

make it possible for you to discuss the problem with those concerned if you wish to do so

make sure you receive an apology, where this is appropriate

identify what we can do to make sure the problem doesn’t happen again.

Complaining on behalf of someone else

Please note that we keep strictly to the rules of medical confidentiality. If you are complaining on behalf of someone else, we have to know that you have his or her permission to do so. A note signed by the person concerned will be needed, unless they are incapable (because of illness) of providing this.We hope that, if you have a problem you will use our practice complaints procedure. We believe this will give us the best chance of putting right whatever has gone wrong and an opportunity to improve our practice. With the NHS complaints procedure the following options are also available to you.

North East NHS ICA (Independent Complaints Advocacy) help line contact number : 0808 8023000

ICA can offer support which can include:

Helping you speak to someone independent and impartial in strict confidence

Making your options clear

Supporting you throughout the complaint process

NHS England contact number to raise concerns : 0300 3112233 ( Line opened between8am to 6pm)

Parliamentary and Health Service OmbudsmanYou have the right to ask for an Independent Review through the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman if you remain unhappy once a local resolution is completed. The address is:Parliamentary and Health Service OmbudsmanMillbank TowerMillbankLondonSW1P 4QPTel: 0345 015 4033Email: phso.enquiries@ombudsman.org.ukFax:0300 061400